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Chapter 9

Chapter 9 · Verse 17

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः | वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ||९-१७||

pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ . vedyaṃ pavitramoṃkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca ||9-17||

In plain words

Dhata Supporter or sustainer by dispenser of the fruits of actions. Isvara or the Saguna Brahman is the father. MulaPrakriti or the primordial Nature is the mother.

Translation

9.17 I am the father, mother, creator and grandfather of the universe. I am the purifier. I am the syllable Om and also Rk, Saman and the Yajus.

Meaning

Dhata Supporter or sustainer by dispenser of the fruits of actions. Isvara or the Saguna Brahman is the father. MulaPrakriti or the primordial Nature is the mother. The pure Satchidananda Para Brahman (ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute) is the grandfather. Vedyam The one thing to be known. This is the Supreme Being. Pavitram Purifier. I am of the form of a bath in the holy river Ganga and the Gayatri Japa which purify the aspirants externally and internally. Cha and. This includes the AtharvanaVeda also. (Cf. XIV.3)

Word by word

पिता father अहम् I अस्य of this जगतः world माता mother धाता the dispenser of the fruits of actions पितामहः grandfather वेद्यम् the (one) thing to be known पवित्रम् the purifier ओंकारः the Omkara ऋक् Rik साम Sama यजुः Yajus एव also च and.